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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Lots of updates Bought Jam Hsiao (萧敬腾）'s debut album. Was impressed by his singing prowess and the emotions he put into the song. Really precocious for a guy his age. He is 20 this year. Oh yeah he will be the guest artiste for FIR's concert this 8th August 2008 @ 8pm. =) Btw it's the same day the opening of Olympics. Hahaha. Bought myself a $5 watch, i like it pretty much. All my $5 watches are damaged. Either the strap detached from the watch, the secure strap break, or the watch mechanism no longer work or it's simply out of battery. Yeah. Thank God for my dad who fixes my watch. He's very thrifty so yar....he wouldn't see a $5 watch go into the dustbin if it still has a glimpse of hope. =) Actually i've got many things i wana 'pen' down on my blog. So let's go through them one by one. On Sat, after Linda's wedding in the afternoon, went for a music charity concert with my family for this social service organization called ALife. Some of the highlights are Eunice Olsen on the piano and her cousin on the electric guitar, Gold 90.5fm DJ brian richmond being the Emcee for the night. He's awfully humorous. Not sure if u guys heard of ALife before, it's a social organization to counsel women who are thinking of aborting their child or have gone thru abortion especially in the area of premarital pregnancy and sexuality issues in general. It has since expanded its services to marriage counselling too. Was very touched by the impact ALife has made to the lives of others. I teared during the presentation halfway through the concert. This organization is based on Christian values, because the founders are Catholics. In fact they are my godparents. Dr Peter Chew was the person who helped to deliver me when i was a baby. Few would know my birth story - i almost died in my mum's womb due to lack of oxygen but it was my godpa who saved both my mum and myself as he detected the averse situation just in time. After that, they became my godparents when i was officially baptized in a Catholic church when i was still in primary school. Even till today, Dr Chew still help women who are not well to do go thru delivery for free. It's amazing how dedicated and humble he is despite being a very renowned & well to do doctor in Singapore. Both he and his wife have done so much for society. They really show the world God's love through what they have. which are given by God. Cos of that, i felt very inspired. It's just so in line with what i've learnt from church, specifically Pst Tan's message on social enterprise. It doesn't take a sermon to motivate us to do something meaningful for society. I mean...i doubt my godparents actually did what they did because of a sermon preached in church. All it takes is just a heart burdened for people in our society. Yup...that's that. What's next for me? Many many things. City Sinfonia performance on 19-20July wkend for 4 services. Must 跑台 already. Like Getai right. And also the adult evangelistic meeting....gotta perform a piece with Samuel Kwan. Sigh...honestly, i don't feel confident facing the crowd cos this is almost like a solo performance to me. It's a different feeling with the whole orchestra on stage, u know what i mean? So really gotta rise up above all my fears and unconfidence. I accepted this challenge in the first place cos i want to step out of my comfort zone. I want to grow bolder. So i hope to rise up to personal expectations and also others' expectations. Afterall, this is a formal and very serious evangelistic outreach. I can only appear with my best. Which means - tons of intensive practice!!! Spirit of excellence. God, not my strength but Yours. Labels: daily rantings 12:33 AM
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